When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown